NGC 2131
| Galaxy NGC 2131 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hare |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 58 m 47.5 s |
| declination | -26 ° 39 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | IB (s) m: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 118 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005571 +/- 0.000028 |
| Radial velocity | 1670 +/- 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(67 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (20.5 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 20, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2131 • PGC 18172 • ESO 488-050 • IRAS F05567-2639 • 2MASX J05584752-2639110 • SGC 055647-2639.3 • GALEX ASC J055847.48-263909.6 | |
NGC 2131 is an irregular galaxy of the Hubble-type IBm in the constellation Lepus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 67 million light years from the Milky Way and about 20,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on January 20, 1835 .